Rome to Manchester

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Rome to Manchester. From €140.56, fastest 5h 46m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Rome to Manchester costs €140.56 at the cheapest and takes 5h 46m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 4 operators. The route covers 1,741 km. Cheapest is by flight, fastest is by flight.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,741 km
Fastest
5h 46m
Average
5h 57m
Services per day
32
Cheapest
€140.56
CO2 per passenger
428.3 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight5h 46m2h 36m3h 10m€165.93428.3 kg32
  • 5h 46mFastest, by Flight
  • €165.93Cheapest, by Flight
  • 428.3 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 1,741 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€140.56
  1. Ryanair R681616:312h 39m19:10Rome FCOManchester MAN

Door to door 5h 49mCO2 428.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€203.10
  1. Jet2.com J336718:152h 36m20:51Rome CIAManchester MAN

Door to door 5h 46mCO2 428.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Checking the live timetables.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Rome to Manchester
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Rome to ManchesterSunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25SatSep 26
Flight€348.24€256.79€249.71€219.03€275.08€253.25€260.33€196.61€169.47€165.93€175.96€221.98€204.87€210.18

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €140.56

The flight gets you into Manchester. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Manchester Piccadilly

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Rome to Manchester

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €165.9390 days
  2. €113.4260 days
  3. €112.8345 days
  4. €114.6030 days
  5. €162.9821 days
  6. €210.1814 days
  7. €260.337 days
  8. €249.713 days
  9. €348.241 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €112.83.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 209 percent. The most expensive point is €348.24, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€348.24€112.831371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €196.61Sun
  2. €169.47Mon
  3. €165.93Tue
  4. €175.96Wed
  5. €221.98Thu
  6. €204.87Fri
  7. €210.18Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €249.71Sep
  2. €148.82Oct
  3. €131.71Nov
  4. €137.02Dec
  5. €129.35Jan
  6. €115.78Feb

The route

RomeRomeManchesterManchester
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,741 km against 1,690 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Rome at 06:09 and the last at 20:55, across 32 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Rome

Rail
  • Roma Termini
  • Ciampino
  • Roma Balduina
Bus
  • Roma Tiburtina
  • Lenin
Air
  • FCO
  • CIA
Ferry
  • Roma Civitavecchia Terminal
  • Sant'Angelo

Manchester

Rail
  • Manchester Piccadilly
  • Reddish South
  • Salford Central
Bus
  • Manchester Chorlton Street
  • Manchester Central Coach Station
Air
  • MAN
Ferry
  • Manchester River Cruises Ralli Quay
  • Manchester River Cruises Salford Quays

MAN is not in Manchester, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Manchester

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
easyJet€144.69
Jet2.com€141.74
Ryanair€140.56
Ryanair UK€152.36
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest flight fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€111.5079%
Taxes€20.0714%
Supplier fees€7.005%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€140.56100%

A day in Manchester hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Manchester?

Most of the points near Manchester Piccadilly open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Rome to Manchester

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Rome to Manchester?

The fastest journey from Rome to Manchester takes 5h 46m door to door, of which 2h 36m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 57m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Rome to Manchester?

The cheapest fare from Rome to Manchester is €140.56, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €235.55. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Rome to Manchester?

The cheapest way from Rome to Manchester is by flight, at €165.93 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 5h 46m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Rome to Manchester?

Fares from Rome to Manchester bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €112.83. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 209 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Rome to Manchester?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Rome to Manchester, at €165.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 12, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Rome to Manchester?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Rome to Manchester, at €115.78 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Rome to Manchester?

4 operators sell services from Rome to Manchester across 1 mode: easyJet, Jet2.com, Ryanair, Ryanair UK. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Rome to Manchester?

Every service we sell from Rome to Manchester is direct, with around 32 departures a day and a fastest journey of 5h 46m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Rome to Manchester use?

Services from Rome to Manchester by flight leave from Rome CIA and arrive at Manchester MAN. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Rome to Manchester?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Rome to Manchester allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Rome to Manchester on September 12, 2026: 1741 km of route against 1690 km in a straight line, 32 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €140.56, and 5h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Manchester afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

What to book in Manchester before you go

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Manchester, with free cancellation on most of it.

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